This might be a bit too late, but I have been revising for GCSE English from the AQA board. Today's test went pretty well, but I was wondering whether any of you guys could help me out for Friday's paper? For the poetry, I realised I have notes on all the poems from Cluster 1, apart from Limbo. Does anybody have any decent ideas they could share with me about that particular poem, or any of them for that matter, or know any decent websites?
Thanks
Mike
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
If you show us the poems, that might help.
Hmm, I can't find any copies of it on the internet - is it legal for me to post it on here? The poem is called Limbo by Edward Kamau Brathwaite.
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
Should be legal providing it isn't copyrighted, which it may be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kamau_Brathwaite
That'll help for a start.
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/a...ntcultures.htm
Sorted?
Hehe, that was the only site I could find with anything on! Unfortunately, there isn't too much on that page about Limbo - thanks anywayOriginally Posted by klarrix
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
Bit late for that isn't it? Did all literature and poetry GCSE english this morning, mind you I'm on Edexcel.
Just sent daughter to find her notes as she is doing that paper.
Will get her to post...........
ok well ill try and help these are my notes the idea behind the poem is obviously abot the slave trade and the suffering they went through to get to england on the ships. The poem echoes jumping movements as they go down under the stick, poems and songs made the suffering more berable for the slaves. In the first line the reader is immediately thrown into the poem and the idea behind it ( the limbo rythm) the word silence in the second line symbolises the slaves future and how they feel about it that they dont know what to expect and feel scared etc. In the second verse the poet is almost making himself a representive for all balck slaves when saying limbo limbo like me etc silence is then repeated in the thrid verse making the point even clearer that the slaves are terrified for their lives and future etc . The idea of the stick hit in the next two verses is literally to do with the sound etc of the limbo dance and represents a whip to the slaves. There is the idea of the beat of the drums and the movement of the boat itself also. Then again silence is mentioned. The idea of teh water surrounding the boat is ment to give the impression that there is no escape for the slaves and that they are sailing away from their homeland also the idea of the slaves not being able to communicate well dur to the language barrrier. Then again stick is the whip representing the beating of slaves and or the beating of drums in the boats to keep the oarsmen in rythm. every time limbo like me is mentioned the poet is making himslef a representitive of all black so that is mentioned a lot. then and the darkness is over me is representing claustraphobia darkness pressing down on the slaves in the ship fear coming through to the reader from the words. knees spread wide is a reference to the dance itself.water then gives a sense of concealed harm and the picture that it is hiding them from all things bad and also there a sense of anonimity. dark ground then giving the slaves something solid they from rise from at this point the poem is almost hopeful. then the down down down representing the fall of independence the drummer calling provides hope to break free. sun coming up also represents the hope of the slaves the drummers praising makes thepoem become almost a celebratery thing. out of the dark represents them coming out of the darkness trying to gain hope and freedom. and the dumb gods are raising me this gives the reader the impression the gods were no help whilst they were slaves. the music saving me represents the limbo dance rcoming up and the hope raising. hot slow step shows how gradual the process of limboing and breakign free in the case of the slaves is. then the burning ground represents the fires sometimes used in limbo and the fact the ground the slaves are walking on is uncomfortable but not impossible there u go finished lol
Limbo is such a crap poem, it sounds like the same one as i did last year. I would go get my notes for you but there in a box in the roof.
Jsut rember,
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Explain.
Yeah, I tried to avoid writing about Limbo.
Man.. AS level poems are much better.
Haha, i'm doing Wjec on Friday, the last part, did the other part earlier today aswell
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i dont think limbos that crap its better than the pre 1914 the affliction of margeret yukkk
Spot on...quote for great justice.
Ah, GCSE Anthology, how I miss you...Ted Hughes and "Nothing's Changed". Genius...the rest of it, however, was a bit of a trawl.
I did my media text one this morning - all about transport. A bit boring but I'm confident I did well. Didn't do much revision apart from reminding myself of my notes.
Ah, thanks very much Mrs. Dak and daughter for those notes! The problem is that, while I have some notes, they simply aren't anywhere near as good as those on the other poems - I certainly couldn't write an entire essay! I quite like some of the poems in the anthology - Salome, The Laboratory, Mother, any distance, Education for Leisure, On My First Sonne, Havisham. All good! Cluster 1 is okay - I quite like Vultures and What Were They Like, and Two Scavengers, but I really can't see myself writing a decent essay about Limbo or Blessing. Knowing my luck, I'll have to write about one of those two on Friday!
Thanks again
Mike
"Well, there was your Uncle Tiberius who died wrapped in cabbage leaves but we assumed that was a freak accident."
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